Post number #496750, ID: be7c34
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Are there any good open source keyboards for Android? I've been using Gboard because that's what came with my pixel but I'd prefer not to but I can't live without Swype
Post number #496755, ID: b59a7c
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Gboard may be a spyware by /tech/ standards. You can try using AnySoftKeyboard, but I think swipe/gesture input is still in testing for it; I'm not sure, last time I used it was two months ago.
Post number #498897, ID: 3f7297
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Swype is a thing? I always thought it's too unwieldy and requires users to readjust their habits.
Post number #502223, ID: b59a7c
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>>498897 Swipe input is handy with one hand (pun not intended). It's much faster than trying to reach individual keys using your thumb alone, but it depends on who is implementing it.
I have found Google's implementation to be better than most, but this could be my habit playing a bias on me.
Post number #509350, ID: be7c34
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>>498897 yeah it might but I'm one of those people who adopted it as soon as it came out because touch screen keyboards just feel bad to use
Post number #510774, ID: be7c34
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The update removed my comment but anysoftkeyboard seems cool but the fdroid version doesn't have Swype yet and it doesn't work almost at all in the g play beta version so I'll wait a few updates and try it again
Post number #511116, ID: 91d32f
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>>496755 >Gboard may be a spyware by /tech/ standards it basically is a spyware by any standards But I still use it because the text prediction is second to none in terms of speed and accuracy
Post number #511246, ID: 267280
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>>496755 Tell us what spyware is, if it's not a software that reads the users input while its hard up to impossible to say what it does exactly with it.
Post number #511247, ID: 267280
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I use the AnySoftKeyboard from the F-Droid store btw.
Post number #511267, ID: be7c34
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>>511247 they don't publish beta updates to f-droid as far as I can tell and their Swype (which is only in beta) is trash at the moment
Post number #511269, ID: be7c34
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"A word or two with Gboard" "A wetsuits or torero weedy AnySoftKeyboard"
Post number #511274, ID: 2c5de5
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A word or two with my keyboard. (Built-in AOSP keyboard in resurrection remix 6.2.1 nexus 5)
Post number #511370, ID: 2d645d
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I use Hackers' keyboard for terminal stuff and Gboard for daily use.
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| Are there any good open source keyboards for Android? I've been using Gboard because that's what came with my pixel but I'd prefer not to but I can't live without Swype